Wikipedia:
Rhode Island Route 2 |
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| Route 2 |
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| Length: | 33.6 mi (54.1 km) | ||||||||||||
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| Formed: | ca 1939 | ||||||||||||
| South end: |  US 1 in
Charlestown |
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| Major junctions: |
 Route 102 in North Kingstown I-95 in Warwick I-295 in Warwick |
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| North end: | US 1 in
Providence |
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Route 2 is a state highway in the U.S. state of Rhode Island.
Route
Route 2 takes the following route through the State:
- Charlestown: 5.0 miles; U.S. Route 1
to Richmond town line
- South County Trail
- Richmond: 2.6 miles; Charlestown town line to South
Kingstown town line
- South County Trail
- South Kingstown: 3.6 miles; Richmond town line to Exeter town line
- South County Trail
- Exeter: 3.9 miles; South
Kingstown town line to North Kingstown town line
- South County Trail
- North Kingstown: 3.8 miles; Exeter town line to East Greenwich town line
- South County Trail, Ten Rod Road and Quaker Lane
- East Greenwich: 4.2 miles; North Kingstown town line to Warwick city
line
- South County Trail
- Warwick: 5.0 miles; East
Greenwich town line to Cranston city line
- Quaker Lane and Bald Hill Road
- Cranston: 4.6 miles; Warwick
city line to Providence city line
- Bald Hill Road, New London Avenue and Reservoir Avenue
- Providence: 0.9 miles; Cranston city line to U.S. Route 1
- Reservoir Avenue
History
By 1939, Route 2 was paved with concrete between the split from Route 112 and Route 12. It had short overlaps with Route 117 and Route 5, both of which have been eliminated with interchanges.
For a brief time during the construction of the Route 10 freeway, Route 2 left Reservoir Avenue in Cranston and turned north onto the current RI-10 freeway, ending at the Olneyville Exit.
Notes
Route 2 is a heavily traveled route between in Cranston and Warwick as it is a major commercial corridor with shopping, restaurants and more.
Route 2, from Route 401 to Bald Hill Road, runs right on the Warwick/West Warwick town line. Route 2 Northbound runs in Warwick and Route 2 Southbound runs in West Warwick.
Route 2 crosses Route 5 at the Meshanticut Interchange, which is also the northern terminus of Route 33.
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